• I passed my Ph.D. defence

    From David Dalton@21:1/5 to All on Fri Apr 20 00:51:36 2018
    XPost: sci.physics, sci.math

    It was a rough 2.5 hours, but this afternoon I passed my final
    Ph.D. oral defence. Now all I have to do is make some
    corrections to my thesis, submit it to the library, and
    attend Convocation on May 30.

    My thesis is in geophysics, specifically applied math applied
    to theoretical seismology and continuum mechanics. The
    title is "On Backus average in modelling guided waves”
    and I will announce on here when the final version is
    available online.

    I probably would have gotten my Ph.D. back in 1993 if I
    hadn’t been affected by bipolar disorder starting in 1991,
    but luckily I have not had significant problems since
    early 2005 and have not been in hospital since July, 1996.

    The CV on my home page needs to be updated with the
    recent Ph.D. residency and with the five papers on which
    the thesis is based, but I probably won’t do that until
    after I get my thesis in the library. I plan to take the
    summer mostly off but will start looking for a postdoc
    for the fall or winter reasonably soon.

    --
    David Dalton dalton@nfld.com http://www.nfld.com/~dalton (home page) http://www.nfld.com/~dalton/dtales.html Salmon on the Thorns (mystic page) “and if I shed a tear I won't cage it/I won't fear love
    and if I feel a rage I won't deny it/I won't fear love" (Sarah McLachlan)

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  • From Sergio@21:1/5 to David Dalton on Thu Apr 19 23:05:37 2018
    XPost: sci.physics, sci.math

    On 4/19/2018 10:21 PM, David Dalton wrote:
    It was a rough 2.5 hours, but this afternoon I passed my final
    Ph.D. oral defence. Now all I have to do is make some
    corrections to my thesis, submit it to the library, and
    attend Convocation on May 30.

    My thesis is in geophysics, specifically applied math applied
    to theoretical seismology and continuum mechanics. The
    title is "On Backus average in modelling guided waves”
    and I will announce on here when the final version is
    available online.

    I probably would have gotten my Ph.D. back in 1993 if I
    hadn’t been affected by bipolar disorder starting in 1991,
    but luckily I have not had significant problems since
    early 2005 and have not been in hospital since July, 1996.

    The CV on my home page needs to be updated with the
    recent Ph.D. residency and with the five papers on which
    the thesis is based, but I probably won’t do that until
    after I get my thesis in the library. I plan to take the
    summer mostly off but will start looking for a postdoc
    for the fall or winter reasonably soon.


    congradulations!!
    years and years of hard work there!
    I never tried got masters instead, needed $$ faster.

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  • From Lofty Goat@21:1/5 to All on Fri Apr 20 12:09:52 2018
    XPost: sci.physics, sci.math

    On Fri, 20 Apr 2018 00:51:36 -0230, David Dalton <dalton@nfld.com>
    wrote:

    It was a rough 2.5 hours, but this afternoon I passed my final Ph.D.
    oral defence....

    Congratulations.

    --
    Goat

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  • From benj@21:1/5 to David Dalton on Fri Apr 20 18:14:14 2018
    XPost: sci.physics, sci.math

    On 4/19/2018 11:21 PM, David Dalton wrote:
    It was a rough 2.5 hours, but this afternoon I passed my final
    Ph.D. oral defence. Now all I have to do is make some
    corrections to my thesis, submit it to the library, and
    attend Convocation on May 30.

    My thesis is in geophysics, specifically applied math applied
    to theoretical seismology and continuum mechanics. The
    title is "On Backus average in modelling guided waves”
    and I will announce on here when the final version is
    available online.

    I probably would have gotten my Ph.D. back in 1993 if I
    hadn’t been affected by bipolar disorder starting in 1991,
    but luckily I have not had significant problems since
    early 2005 and have not been in hospital since July, 1996.

    The CV on my home page needs to be updated with the
    recent Ph.D. residency and with the five papers on which
    the thesis is based, but I probably won’t do that until
    after I get my thesis in the library. I plan to take the
    summer mostly off but will start looking for a postdoc
    for the fall or winter reasonably soon.

    Contrary to what you may have observed in this group posting on the
    internet does NOT cure mental illness. Good news is bipolar tends to
    come and go. Bad news is it usually does show up eventually. But good
    news is that with proper daily effort on your part it can be dealt with
    if not cured. (This is life advice not medical advice and I have seen it
    done)

    Well congratulations on making into the special club. "Dr. Kensi" will
    show you the secret handshake.

    Postdoc? <Snort>! Hey what you are supposed to do now is get a real job
    and contribute back to society. Forget being a "student with degree" who
    does all the work and innovation while your boss with the job takes all
    the money and credit. Screw that! What is your degree in? ChemistrY?

    Rule for accepting a job. Ask yourself: "Would I take this job if it
    paid NOTHING?" If the answer is "yes" take the job (which presumably
    won't pay nothing) otherwise keep looking. Your education is not over
    now, it's just beginning! Think of each new job as an opportunity to
    learn about something you want to know.

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  • From benj@21:1/5 to Sergio on Fri Apr 20 18:20:29 2018
    XPost: sci.physics, sci.math

    On 4/20/2018 12:05 AM, Sergio wrote:
    On 4/19/2018 10:21 PM, David Dalton wrote:
    It was a rough 2.5 hours, but this afternoon I passed my final
    Ph.D. oral defence. Now all I have to do is make some
    corrections to my thesis, submit it to the library, and
    attend Convocation on May 30.

    My thesis is in geophysics, specifically applied math applied
    to theoretical seismology and continuum mechanics. The
    title is "On Backus average in modelling guided waves”
    and I will announce on here when the final version is
    available online.

    I probably would have gotten my Ph.D. back in 1993 if I
    hadn’t been affected by bipolar disorder starting in 1991,
    but luckily I have not had significant problems since
    early 2005 and have not been in hospital since July, 1996.

    The CV on my home page needs to be updated with the
    recent Ph.D. residency and with the five papers on which
    the thesis is based, but I probably won’t do that until
    after I get my thesis in the library. I plan to take the
    summer mostly off but will start looking for a postdoc
    for the fall or winter reasonably soon.


    congradulations!!
    years and years of hard work there!
    I never tried got masters instead, needed $$ faster.

    Sergio is correct. When I was an undergrad I had a bunch of data on
    salaries and professional pay as years of experience go on. One thing
    was very clear and that is that a Master's is the optimum point. Even
    though you start higher with Ph.D. you never really make up the lost
    years it took to get it while the master's degree guy has a job and is advancing in salary while you vegetate. And a postdoc is worse putting
    you Way behind the curve. Sometimes there are other considerations than
    mere money, however.

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  • From Sergio@21:1/5 to benj on Fri Apr 20 18:40:22 2018
    XPost: sci.physics, sci.math

    On 4/20/2018 5:20 PM, benj wrote:
    On 4/20/2018 12:05 AM, Sergio wrote:
    On 4/19/2018 10:21 PM, David Dalton wrote:
    It was a rough 2.5 hours, but this afternoon I passed my final
    Ph.D. oral defence. Now all I have to do is make some
    corrections to my thesis, submit it to the library, and
    attend Convocation on May 30.

    My thesis is in geophysics, specifically applied math applied
    to theoretical seismology and continuum mechanics. The
    title is "On Backus average in modelling guided waves”
    and I will announce on here when the final version is
    available online.

    I probably would have gotten my Ph.D. back in 1993 if I
    hadn’t been affected by bipolar disorder starting in 1991,
    but luckily I have not had significant problems since
    early 2005 and have not been in hospital since July, 1996.

    The CV on my home page needs to be updated with the
    recent Ph.D. residency and with the five papers on which
    the thesis is based, but I probably won’t do that until
    after I get my thesis in the library. I plan to take the
    summer mostly off but will start looking for a postdoc
    for the fall or winter reasonably soon.


    congradulations!!
    years and years of hard work there!
    I never tried got masters instead, needed $$ faster.

    Sergio is correct. When I was an undergrad I had a bunch of data on
    salaries and professional pay as years of experience go on. One thing
    was very clear and that is that a Master's is the optimum point. Even
    though you start higher with Ph.D. you never really make up the lost
    years it took to get it while the master's degree guy has a job and is advancing in salary while you vegetate. And a postdoc is worse putting
    you Way behind the curve. Sometimes there are other considerations than
    mere money, however.

    the # of jobs in PHD are not so many either. teaching yes,
    demand in industry is hard, Math PHDs ...
    physics phds got into stock market Quants
    anyhow it is 10 years to phd, lots of hard work, (no income) and you
    have to prove you are a leader in the field, by a good published paper
    or two or three

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  • From Sergio@21:1/5 to benj on Fri Apr 20 18:43:39 2018
    XPost: sci.physics, sci.math

    On 4/20/2018 5:14 PM, benj wrote:
    On 4/19/2018 11:21 PM, David Dalton wrote:
    It was a rough 2.5 hours, but this afternoon I passed my final
    Ph.D. oral defence. Now all I have to do is make some
    corrections to my thesis, submit it to the library, and
    attend Convocation on May 30.

    My thesis is in geophysics, specifically applied math applied
    to theoretical seismology and continuum mechanics. The
    title is "On Backus average in modelling guided waves”
    and I will announce on here when the final version is
    available online.

    I probably would have gotten my Ph.D. back in 1993 if I
    hadn’t been affected by bipolar disorder starting in 1991,
    but luckily I have not had significant problems since
    early 2005 and have not been in hospital since July, 1996.

    The CV on my home page needs to be updated with the
    recent Ph.D. residency and with the five papers on which
    the thesis is based, but I probably won’t do that until
    after I get my thesis in the library. I plan to take the
    summer mostly off but will start looking for a postdoc
    for the fall or winter reasonably soon.

    Contrary to what you may have observed in this group posting on the
    internet does NOT cure mental illness. Good news is bipolar tends to
    come and go. Bad news is it usually does show up eventually. But good
    news is that with proper daily effort on your part it can be dealt with
    if not cured. (This is life advice not medical advice and I have seen it done)

    Well congratulations on making into the special club. "Dr. Kensi" will
    show you the secret handshake.

    Postdoc? <Snort>! Hey what you are supposed to do now is get a real job
    and contribute back to society. Forget being a "student with degree" who
    does all the work and innovation while your boss with the job takes all
    the money and credit. Screw that! What is your degree in? ChemistrY?

    Rule for accepting a job. Ask yourself: "Would I take this job if it
    paid NOTHING?" If the answer is "yes" take the job (which presumably
    won't pay nothing) otherwise keep looking. Your education is not over
    now, it's just beginning! Think of each new job as an opportunity to
    learn about something you want to know.


    he can float over to the oil industry, make big bucks. I met a retired geologist, rich dude, may be phd, all he did was identify shells in the
    rock strata that told them how the depth of the oil well was and if it
    was going to hit oil. big bucks in that, now more mapped, automated,

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  • From David Dalton@21:1/5 to Sergio on Fri Apr 20 22:04:34 2018
    XPost: sci.physics, sci.math

    On Apr 20, 2018, Sergio wrote
    (in article <pbdtvm$fvm$2@gioia.aioe.org>):

    On 4/20/2018 5:14 PM, benj wrote:
    On 4/19/2018 11:21 PM, David Dalton wrote:
    It was a rough 2.5 hours, but this afternoon I passed my final
    Ph.D. oral defence. Now all I have to do is make some
    corrections to my thesis, submit it to the library, and
    attend Convocation on May 30.

    My thesis is in geophysics, specifically applied math applied
    to theoretical seismology and continuum mechanics. The
    title is "On Backus average in modelling guided waves”
    and I will announce on here when the final version is
    available online.

    I probably would have gotten my Ph.D. back in 1993 if I
    hadn’t been affected by bipolar disorder starting in 1991,
    but luckily I have not had significant problems since
    early 2005 and have not been in hospital since July, 1996.

    The CV on my home page needs to be updated with the
    recent Ph.D. residency and with the five papers on which
    the thesis is based, but I probably won’t do that until
    after I get my thesis in the library. I plan to take the
    summer mostly off but will start looking for a postdoc
    for the fall or winter reasonably soon.
    Contrary to what you may have observed in this group posting on the internet does NOT cure mental illness. Good news is bipolar tends to
    come and go. Bad news is it usually does show up eventually. But good
    news is that with proper daily effort on your part it can be dealt with
    if not cured. (This is life advice not medical advice and I have seen it done)

    Well congratulations on making into the special club. "Dr. Kensi" will
    show you the secret handshake.

    Postdoc? <Snort>! Hey what you are supposed to do now is get a real job
    and contribute back to society. Forget being a "student with degree" who does all the work and innovation while your boss with the job takes all
    the money and credit. Screw that! What is your degree in? ChemistrY?

    Rule for accepting a job. Ask yourself: "Would I take this job if it
    paid NOTHING?" If the answer is "yes" take the job (which presumably
    won't pay nothing) otherwise keep looking. Your education is not over
    now, it's just beginning! Think of each new job as an opportunity to
    learn about something you want to know.

    he can float over to the oil industry, make big bucks. I met a retired geologist, rich dude, may be phd, all he did was identify shells in the
    rock strata that told them how the depth of the oil well was and if it
    was going to hit oil. big bucks in that, now more mapped, automated,

    Yeah, if I don’t land a postdoc I may lean on some of my friends
    in high places in Calgary to see if I can land a job in an oil
    company or geophysical service company.

    --
    David Dalton dalton@nfld.com http://www.nfld.com/~dalton (home page) http://www.nfld.com/~dalton/dtales.html Salmon on the Thorns (mystic page) “and if I shed a tear I won't cage it/I won't fear love
    and if I feel a rage I won't deny it/I won't fear love" (Sarah McLachlan)

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  • From lbjohnson1949@yahoo.com@21:1/5 to Sergio on Sat Apr 21 05:06:09 2018
    On Apr 20, 2018, Sergio wrote
    (in article <pbdtvm$fvm$2...@gioia.aioe.org>):
    - show quoted text -
    Yeah, if I don’t land a postdoc I may lean on some of my friends
    in high places in Calgary to see if I can land a job in an oil
    company or geophysical service company

    Oil jobs are scarce there right now. Geo service a better option.
    Or start your own , or go to BC

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  • From David Dalton@21:1/5 to All on Fri Jun 1 02:23:00 2018
    XPost: sci.physics, sci.math

    On Apr 20, 2018, David Dalton wrote
    (in article<0001HW.20899440017F8553700006E292CF@news.eternal-september.org>):

    It was a rough 2.5 hours, but this afternoon I passed my final
    Ph.D. oral defence. Now all I have to do is make some
    corrections to my thesis, submit it to the library, and
    attend Convocation on May 30.

    My thesis is in geophysics, specifically applied math applied
    to theoretical seismology and continuum mechanics. The
    title is "On Backus average in modelling guided waves”

    I made corrections and uploaded the thesis on May 3, and
    attended Convocation last night. I’ll follow up here again
    when my thesis is available online, whether on the
    university library web site, the national thesis database,
    or on my home page.

    --
    David Dalton dalton@nfld.com http://www.nfld.com/~dalton (home page) http://www.nfld.com/~dalton/dtales.html Salmon on the Thorns (mystic page) “In the merry month of June, from me home I started
    Left the girls of Tuam nearly broken hearted" (traditional)

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